Hull notches 700th goal vs. San Jose

Detroit's Brett Hull became the sixth NHL player to score 700 regular-season goals when he beat San Jose's Evgeni Nabokov with a wrist shot in the second period Monday night in Detroit.

Only Wayne Gretzky scored 700 goals faster than Hull, who hit the mark in his 1,157th game. Gretzky, who finished with 894 goals, scored 700 in 886 games.

• The Rangers added another high-priced All-Star to their struggling lineup, reacquiring Alexei Kovalev from the cash-strapped Pittsburgh Penguins in an eight-player trade Monday.

• Rod Bryden's bid to buy back the Ottawa Senators was accepted by the team's creditors but still must be approved by the court.

Bryden's offer is believed to be worth more than $130 million, and he said he was optimistic the court would agree to the deal. He said the sale will make the team debt free.

• In Boston, a man convicted of fatally beating another man at their sons' hockey practice wants a new trial, contending prosecutors kept information from the defense that could have undermined testimony from a key witness.

Thomas Junta was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in January 2001 for beating Michael Costin on July 5, 2000. Junta was sentenced to six-to-10 years in prison.

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